Opening the Roundtable, UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner highlighted the strategic opportunity for convergence between industry initiatives and policy frameworks at the national and international levels. Participants debated interlocking issues such as natural disasters, access to insurance, climate change and the low-carbon transition, socio-economic disruptions and long-term investment. Industry commitments were deemed important to exercise leadership, catalyse action and deliver solutions. However, enabling insurance policy and regulatory frameworks are vital to bring these commitments to scale, while multi-stakeholder partnerships are key to driving greater impact. In the closing session, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres initiated discussions for the insurance industry to look into the implications of climate change scenarios on system-wide insurability.